Vanessa was very happy with the kind of questions the examiner asked, 'With this set of questions, I don't see why one will even take a single hour writing this. I guess there was no reason to be afraid at all, exam stress surely is a thing.'
The whole class was satisfied with the way the test was super easy, nobody except for Quinn took more than 1 hour and 30 minutes. 'This test may appear easy, but the way they reward marks is very unusual. How could they give so much marks to such simple things?' Quinn finished writing, but unlike everyone else he was a little bit shaken after the test.
After everyone saw Quinn getting out of the class they were happy, he was the last one to finish writing and this meant that they can go home. Vanessa's best friends, Lydia Memorae & Angela Valdes blushed as soon as they saw Quinn. "Cut it out you two, what are you doing developing feelings for a commoner?" Vanessa asked with a face full of embarrassment.
"He might be a commoner, but don't you think that he is a delight Vanessa?" Vanessa's friend Angela stated, and Vanessa's cheeks turned more red after hearing her friend's statement. "Let's walk over there and say hello, want to come along Vanessa?"
"No thanks, I'll pass. If that commoner is your friend now, then you can go to him." She said this hoping her best friends would not go to Quinn, but instead they did exactly the opposite of what she predicted. 'How can my friends do such a thing to me?' She faced in Quinn's direction and saw he was smiling and waving at her friends, 'It is all because of you, filthy commoner.'
Vanessa did not want to get herself into any trouble, so immediately she went home. What was different about it today was that, she left without saying goodbye to her friends. When she arrived at home she started crying and screaming in front of the mirror, "WHY!? Why does it have to be him all the time? He stole my heart, and now he is stealing my friends. What is next on the list?"
Vanessa's heart was aching really bad, and if things continue going in this direction. She might even lose her mind, but the test she wrote that day put her spirit in a good place. And she wanted to sleep so bad so that it becomes tomorrow and she can rub her marks in Quinn's face.
…
On the 6th very early in the morning, one could see a group of learners assembling near a wall. Each and every one of them was looking at how they did in the test they wrote, most of them could not even reach 60%. "That test was an illusion, no way only 5 learners out of a class of 20 got above 60%." Some learners were saying that, and Vanessa overhead them.
'So even if he did not get anywhere near my marks, he is still above 60%. That is quet impressive Quinn, but I will get my friends back.' Learners who noticed Vanessa looked at her in such admiration that she could not help it but feel like she owns this world.
She got over to the wall to look up her name, she noticed that it was 89%. 'This is unbelievable, since when do I get less than 90% in a Mathematics test?' Unconsciously her eyes took her to Quinn's name, her eyes popped out of her eye socket. 'How did this commoner manage to get 99%? There must be a mistake in the marking somewhere.
"Ohh boy, would you look at that. I managed to get 99%? This is a miracle indeed."
"Look Angela, we were able to get over 60%. I got 76% and you got 72%, and look even Tom reached 69%." Vanessa immediately noticed this voices, the first one is Quinn's and the second one belongs to Lydia, Vanessa's best friend. 'So they rode with him to school huh? Isn't that what friends are supposed to do? Aren't I your friends now?'
While Vanessa was in a state of shock, her friends were having so much fun that they didn't even notice that Vanessa was there. They looked up Vanessa's results too, but they were in love with Quinn's results more. Vanessa bit her teeth in frustration, "Quinn, I believe there has been a mismark. Are you confident enough that you'd wanna get your results double checked?"
Quinn was surprised by what Vanessa said, 'The seed must be growing by now, I hate that I can't do anything about it. I'll have to make it reach the point where it's about to grow, so that I can pull it up by its roots.' "No, I definitely do not mind. Do you mind leading the way Vanessa?" Vanessa was enraged by how overconfident Quinn was in his results, she stormed off to the Math teacher's office.
Quinn followed until he eventually arrived, he asked Lydia and Angela to not come with. When he arrived at Ms. Leo's office, Vanessa has already explained the situation. "Quinn, sit down." He did as he was told, and Ms. Leo asked for his side of the story.
…
Patiel was out running an erand, so Phenex was all alone in his house. He began drawing a purple circle surrounded by blackness, the circle shone brightly and sucked him in. He was back in the room with a man he considered his master." He immediately knelt down escaping what happened the last time he was in there.
"I'm still at 3%, what seems to be taking so long?"
"Master, all will take place in the right time. You should be able to feel it so…"
"Silence! I gave you a week, this is the 5th day and I still haven't felt anything. Now little demon, you have to obey the ones stronger than you. Those are the rules where we come from, is that cle…?" While this figure was still arguing, he felt his power increase. And he started laughing heartily like he did before. 'Ohh, not this again.' Phenex knew what was coming, so he took a precautious step.
"Ohh you little schemer, what have you done this time?"
"I am still obeying master's wishes."
"Listen here, since I'm now at 4% those Divine beigns are going to start sensing me now. And with this much power, they can pin point my location. You should find the one who is blessed by Light before he finds us, otherwise we might be sent back to the Den."
"As you wish master, I shall accomplish what you desire." 'This is crazy, so divine beings can sense someone even in a pocket dimension? What crazy power.' Phenex wanted to get out of there as soon as he could, otherwise he will not be able to breathe. His master's power was too suffocating for a demon of his caliber, so he had to eat more humans.
…
Ms. Leo heard Quinn's side of the story, and deduced which party was guilty. "Vanessa my dear, the test was not about solving as such. You can even tell that marks were awarded unfairly, that's because we wanted to see how you could apply the basics you've learnt. You skipped a lot of steps which were necessary, to get to the answer which is worth less than working it the way it was required. Is that clear?"
Vanessa's mouth was open, 'So he won fair and square, is he really better at me in every aspect?' "Well seeing that response, I deduce that it is clear. And Quinn, the reason you did not get that one mark was that you used a method that is too much for a kid your grade. So we do not mark it correct, is it clear?"
Quinn was happy that he knew something that people consider above his level, even though he contain and do things above his level. Nobody is there to tell him, so hearing it ignites something within his hear, "Crystal clear ma'am." He said that with a smile, "Let's do better on our next test Vanessa." He extended his hand towards Vanessa for a shake, but she turned away and walked out.
'I am losing it, I'm losing my cool. What is with that guy's annoying smile? He took everything from me, this hurts more than the death of my parents.' Tears bagan falling from Vanessa's cheeks, 'He is the first person to make me cry, Quinn huh?' She continued walking.